BPOA 06, 1183 (P292375)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00609

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

75.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1/2(disz) gurusz dumu-gi7
2. 6(disz) gurusz ug3-IL2
3. u4 4(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3
4. a2-bi u4 1(gesz'u) 4(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. 5(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) gu-nigin2 gurusz-e nigin2 3(disz)-ta
7. a2-bi u4 [2(gesz2)] la2 1(disz)-kam
8. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sar sahar gurusz-e 1(u) gin2-ta
9. a2-bi u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
10. a-<sza3> {d}szara2!
11. 6(disz) ug3-IL2
reverse
1. u4 4(disz)-sze3
2. a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
3. u4-du8-a ug3-IL2
4. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. zi-ga-am3
6. la2-ia3 7(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
7. nig2-ka9-ak
8. gi-zi zex(SIG7)-a
9. a-a-gi-na ugula
10. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

20100515 englund: u4 du8-a ug3-ga2 ist ca. 1/10 (4 days of 39-day work period), no adjustment of dumu-gi7

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292375

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 75.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00609
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075199
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003580
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.609

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1183

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 035, NBC 00609

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1183 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292375.
BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry (No. P292375). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292375 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292375 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292375},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1183 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292375.
BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry (No. P292375). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292375 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292375 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292375},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292375},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292375
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M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1183 artifact entry
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